Prevalence and Correlates of Likely Major Depressive Disorder among Medical Students in Alberta, Canada.

Background: Medical students are exposed to multiple factors during their academic and clinical studies that contribute to depression.

Aims: This study aims to examine the prevalence and correlates of likely major depressive disorder (MDD) among medical students.

Methods: This study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional design.

Low-dose ketamine does not improve the speed of recovery from depression in electroconvulsive therapy: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a well-established therapeutic intervention for major depressive disorder. Recent literature has shown that the anesthetic agent ketamine has some antidepressant properties at low doses and may be an alternative therapy for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. We hypothesized that the use of low-dose ketamine as an anesthetic adjunct in ECT would more rapidly improve depression while maintaining hemodynamic stability than ECT with propofol alone.